The cornucopia and ship's rudder are attributes of Fortuna, the cornucopia indicating her connection with agricultural prosperity, the rudder symbolic of her ability to steer the course of people's lives. During the Roman period, Fortuna was commonly fused with other deities, such as Cybele, here recognized by the inclusion of the lion. A silver statuette in Boston depicts the same subject (no. 77 in Vermeule, Greek and Roman Sculpture in Gold and Silver). This goddess is also found on coins of Septimius Severus, where she is called Dea Caelestis. Vermeule suggests this subject is based on a monumental group popular in the west, a surviving example of which is in the Villa Doria-Pamphili in Rome.